Smooth Creations Introduces Radeon HD 5870 1GB XOC Havoc

Smooth Creations launched the Radeon HD 5870 1GB XOC Havoc
Edition graphics cards. The HD 5800 Series with support for ATI CrossFireX is
also available. The HD
5870 models boast a memory speed of 1.4GHz and a core clock speed of
950MHz. The HD 5850 GPUs have a memory speed of 1100MHz and a core clock speed
of 825MHz. The Radeon HD
5870 1GB XOC Havoc will be available on all Smooth Creations product lines,
including the Lanshark and the Extreme Series.

These GPUs feature a PCIE 2.0 x16 interface, 1024MB of DDR5
memory and are designed with 1600 stream processors. The HD 5800 Series
supports ATI CrossFireX(TM)
allowing upgradeability to four boards. The HD 5870 models boast a memory speed
of 1.4 GHz and a core clock speed of 950 MHz while the HD 5850 GPUs have a
memory speed of 1100 MHz and a core clock speed of 825 MHz.

“The Smooth Creations Radeon HD 5870 1GB XOC Havoc was
clocked to kick some ass. We didn’t just want a fast card out in the market, we
wanted the fastest card that could kick the living daylights and bust some
performance records. And that’s exactly what our engineers accomplished,” said
Mario Gastelum, director of product development and engineering at Smooth
Creations.

Smooth Creations “Unlocked” Radeon HD 5870 1GB XOC
Havocgraphics card comes with graphics
processing unit clocked at 950MHz and 1024MB of GDDR5 memory operating at
5200MHz, up fromon reference design ATI
Radeon HD 5870 graphics adapter. The firmware of the board was modified and the
board can be overclocked even further. We also recalibrated settings in the
bios that will allow theHD 5870 1GB XOC
Havoc to adjust GPU and memory speeds to 3D operations or 2D mundane tasks like
using Microsoft word or excel whereas over clocking isn’t needed.

“Typically the catalyst control center controls over
clocking capabilities, but those capabilities and thresholds are limited by
fixed and conservative clock speeds on the bios”. We unlocked that bios and
released its true potential”, Mario Gastelum.

“The firmware was custom designed to enable end users to go
beyond the normal over clocked speeds and allow them to push their cards for
higher performance via the Catalyst Control Center. The GPU’s custom firmware
has been unlocked to push cards to GPU settings of up to 950MHz and memory of
up 1400MHz,” said Mr. Gastelum.

The Smooth Creations Radeon HD 5870 XOC Havoc comes with a
custom liquid-based cooling system options from Danger Den, which ensures that
extreme overclocking of the product does not affect its lifespan and stability
of work.

The Smooth Creations Radeon HD 5870 1GB XOC Havoc will [be] powered
by no less than Intel’s family of Core i7’s. As the CEO of Smooth Creations,
Jim Saling, puts it, “The Smooth Creations card was designed to be a powerful
multimedia & gaming system that has a robust and offers scalable upgrade
features.”

"We're proud to feature the AMD ATI Radeon HD 5870
graphics processor in our award-winning custom PCs," says Jim Saling, CEO
and founder of Smooth Creations. "It's only fitting that the world's
fastest GPU find its way into what has been hailed by editors all over America
as the fastest gaming computers on the market."

The Smooth Creations – gaming PCs are powered with the ultimate
features and complimented with the following hardware: